Posted on 07/26/2006 9:39:10 PM PDT by RedCell
Poll: World Doesn't Respect Bush 60% In CBS/NY Times Poll Say President Not Respected By Foreign Leaders
NEW YORK, July 26, 2006 (CBS/AP)
Fast Fact
Just 32 percent said U.S. troops should be sent to the Mideast as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force, although 60 percent favor such a force.
(CBS) Americans generally approve of President Bush's handling of the current Mideast crisis, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll, but six in 10 say the president is not respected by foreign leaders.
The poll finds Americans are pessimistic about the prospects for Mideast peace and do not think the United States should involve itself in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
More than 60 percent think the conflict will lead to a larger war in the region, and a similar number doubt Israel and the Arab states will ever be able to live in peace.
Just 32 percent said U.S. troops should be sent to the Mideast as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force, although 60 percent favor such a force.
More Americans (47 percent) said they approve of how Mr. Bush has handled the conflict so far than disapprove (27 percent), but one in four said it's too early to form an opinion.
Mr. Bush's overall approval rating remains low — and in an additional diplomatic concern, most Americans (60 percent) now think he is not respected by foreign leaders.
That number is down significantly since just before the Iraq war began in 2003, when about half of Americans thought Mr. Bush was respected around the world.
Slightly more than half of Americans said they believe Mr. Bush respects foreign leaders, a number that's also down from 2003.
Most Americans do not think the United States should step up its diplomatic efforts in the latest Mideast crisis. Fifty-eight percent said solving conflicts between Israel and Mideast nations is not America's responsibility, while 33 percent said it is.
By 59 percent to 31 percent, Americans said the United Nations and other countries, rather than the United States, should take the lead in solving international crises.
Pessimism about the Mideast extends to U.S. efforts in Iraq. Just 27 percent of Americans — the lowest number to date — now believe the United States is winning the war, compared with 13 percent who say the Iraqi resistance is winning and 58 percent who call it a stalemate.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans said the war was going badly, including 27 percent who said it's going very badly.
While a majority of Americans, 58 percent, still believe success in Iraq is at least somewhat likely, 53 percent think Iraq will never become a stable democracy, up 10 points from last month.
Forty-one percent said the U.S. presence in Iraq is making the region less stable, nearly double the number in March. Twenty-five percent said the U.S. presence in Iraq was making the region more stable.
Sixty-nine percent also said the U.S. presence in Iraq is hindering U.S. diplomatic efforts elsewhere in the Mideast. Nearly three in four said the war in Iraq has worsened America's image in the world.
Blame for the current Mideast crisis was split, with about half of those polled saying Israel's response in the conflict was about right, and a similar number saying both Israel and Hezbollah were at fault.
A separate CBS News/New York Times poll on Congress and the 2006 election (.pdf) found continued low approval ratings for lawmakers and the president translating into a Democratic lead in the midterm voting this fall.
If the midterm elections for the House of Representatives were held today, 45 percent of registered voters said they would support the Democratic candidate, while 35 percent would support the Republican.
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The "world" has the backbone of a chocolate eclair.
The only question I care for an answer is "Does the World fear Preisdent Bush?"
Every other question is useless to ask to begin with, let alone to report the answer.
I'm still trying to figure out how many were polled for this (unless I missed it, it ain't there). Not to mention, since when do people polled equate to "the world" unless you're polling, well, the world?!! Talk about a misleading title (and Lord only knows what else was misleading about how the poll was conducted).
During WWII, did CBS and NYT poll Europe and Asia to find out what they thought of us?
Since the Clinton Administration. The point time started for the mainstream media.
CBS and NYT? That's a double dose of f***ed up. If they had asked the American people if the drive-by-media respects Dubya it would have been unanimous.
....the Euros coddled Hitler and see where that got them.....
.....the Euros disrespected Reagan.....and all he did in return was free them and end the cold war......
......CASE CLOSED
Right, I have no respect for CBS/NY Times and as others have said, the world should fear President Bush.
Recall, they laughed at Bill Clinton.
..and how many countries as the "world" liberated lately?.. the "world"...except for several strong allies is the most ungrateful "world" I know....also the most blind
(2.) Half the world, sadly, is short on vitamins and shouldn't be doing any thinking beyond "where is my next meal."
(3.) We didn't elect our President to be popular in the world. We elected him to serve and defend the Republic and the U.S. Constitution.
(4.) Miss Universe, is respected around the world, but probably not for any 'politically correct' reasons.
(5.) Bill Clinton isn't respected in the world, and he isn't much respected here, either.
(6.) The world doesn't even know Hillary, or Kerry, much less respect them, and thank God for that, and may it always be so.
That's what the MSM has always wanted because they want to make everyone think that they pulled this off and there is no room for any other points of view.
Can I get an "Amen!"?
YAWN!....
Bush is continually bashed by the media day after day. They don't care about the security of our country. They just want to help the Demonrats win this Nov.
I don't care what the rest of the world thinks.
They had to poll the "world" because they couldn't get enough Americans to give them the answers they wanted.....
We certainly see a lot of these polls-what the "world" thinks of America,our President,etc. It would be quite revolutionary and novel to see a poll on what most Americans think of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys in France,for instance.
I suppose in a way,we ought to take it as a compliment-that they think it's important what the world thinks of us. Always America. No one cares what the world thinks of,say,New Zealand,LOL. They're obsessed with opinion of America.
This is the same crap the MSM pulled before the election in '04. The world hates Bush, therefore, vote Kerry.
I question I would like to put forward is out of six and a half billon, how many were involved in this 'poll'?
It really is too bad that the rest of the world also benefits from our sacrifices to our best interest, which ends up also being in the worlds, and the West's best interest also.
For example if France's government is evenutally taken over by radical Muslims that begin to take their frog heads off, they will be screaming for the USofA to come save them...again. In that case we should give long thought to whether or not saving France is in our best interest. Using Darwins survival of the fittest, does stupid really deserve survival? Or should we just let the law of tooth and claw prevail and deal with the problem after the frogs have been boiled?
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